How much did you pay for your bonus?

[jackdaniels]

Yes, I thought that was correct.

Thanks for the advice re: rakeback vs. bonii (is this really a word???). I currently play 3-6, but I'll keep this in mind when I move up to the 15-30's [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Reef]

I paid -$254

[theredwave]

Not sure what I paid in rake but I lost $91 playing 2/4 before the $200 bonus. Would've been worse had I not placed 2nd in a couple of $20 SnGs. It feels nice losing a $130 pot when your full house gets sucked out on by a two outer on the river and going 3/14 and 1/6 with QQ and JJ respectively.

[Hung]

I only made a deposit of $500 and went for the $100 bonus. It's a miracle. I didn't think I was going to finish it so fast. I can hardly find the time to play. But somehow I cleared it in two days. 4-tabling $25 NL HE. Profit $320 ($100 bonus included). I had a good run.

[playersare]

depends what your BB/100 in actual play is in order to offset the amount of money spent clearing the bonus.

if you are already a winning player at $2/4 and up, then playing under the bonus simply increases your net percentage of earnings via the bonus versus straight rakeback.

at shorthanded $5/10 levels and up where 25% rakeback and a 7x/$1 bonus are roughly the same, then whoring is not really a strategic factor anymore.

just add the applicable earnings for the 7x bonus for the limits you play on top of your PT stats to determine whether it's worth it for you:

limits - bonus BB/100 raked hands - rake paid BB/100 (10-max/6-max)
50c/$1 - 14 BB - 5/8 BB (net gain of $6.00 - $9.00)
$1/2 - 7 BB - 3.75/6.25 BB (net gain $1.50 - $6.50)
$2/4 - 3.5 BB - 2.5/4 BB (positive $4.00 - negative $2.00 )
$3/6 - 2.33 BB - 3.33/5.5 BB (net cost $6.00 - $19.00)
$5/10 - 1.4 BB - 3/5 BB (net cost $16.00 - $36.00)
$10/20 - 0.7 BB - 1.5/2.5BB (same)
$15/30 - 0.46 BB - 1/1.67 BB (same)
$30/60 - 0.23 BB - 0.5/0.83 BB (same)